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    P. Escobar, Jets Fan: It just means we need to train audiences to follow women's sports with the same rabid passion they've long had for the Dodgers or the Lakers.This isn'... more »
    sequined: Some of the traveling-to-see-sports things just depends on the specific sport and parent. For instance, my dad came to my track meets and swim meets f... more »
    Le Kangourou de Kataroo: I watch women's curling. Does that count? (I feel like there's an inappropriate women sweeping joke in there somewhere, but I'll leave that to the de... more »
    nora charles: I think it's a little bit of column A, a little bit of column B. Sports are kind of like a soap opera, in that half the fun is in the drama: picking ... more »
    la.donna.pietra: If ESPN would ever show any WNBA games, Mr. Pietra and I would cheerfully watch them. However, every time we turn on a game, it's been usurped by som... more »
    shorty63136: I had someone (a rather intelligent and level-headed man) tell me once that people are cool with girls' sports b/c it encourages positive self-esteem,... more »
    Zombie Ms. Skittles: Wait wait wait. Didn't we have a post awhile back about how girls from middle and upper class families have achieved parity with boys as far as parti... more »
    dianersb was bit by a zombie: Brandi Chastain is such an amazing soccer player. I believe she's the second oldest player in the WSL, she has helped her team win World Cups and Gold... more »
    Grim Reaper of the Forest: I would imagine girls sports have a lot of parents watching, while there isn't the same built-in audience for professional sports, and not the same hi... more »
    weetziebat: women need to step up and buy tickets to female sports games? How about Sports Fans need to buy tickets to both male and female games? How about TV n... more »
    sportz.star: Honestly, I don't watch the women's versions of male professional sports I grew up watching -- golf, basketball particularly -- because I already wat... more »
    laureltreedaphne: There is this constant, stupid joke that I have seen on TV, and in movies and books, about how no one wants to go to WNBA games cause the women can't ... more »
    ozu: Strange that all these news outlets are coming out with articles on womens sports after ESPN did theirs last week. I know they're non-grata around he... more »
    lalaland13: Oh fuck. And right after I get a trademark for my Baby-Killing Cam. more »
    morninggloria: My biggest problem with DeFord's essay was his assertion that Title IX is eventually going to kill all men's collegiate sports. It was such a logical... more »
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    Girl Athletes Bring In Crowds — So Why Don't Grown Women?

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